Member News Release

Download current guidelines and application at www.topazarts.org

TOPAZ ARTS and Queens Museum of Art announce a call for artist proposals for the sixth annual Dance in Queens summer residency and performance series. Four choreographers will be selected from a competitive application process. Awardees will receive free rehearsal space, a stipend of $500 and a public presentation of their work at the Queens Museum. New this year, rehearsals will take place both within the galleries of the museum and at TOPAZ ARTS during June-August 2008.Choreographers from all five boroughs of New York City may apply. Visit www.topazarts.org for details

Application seminar & walk-through at the Queens Museum of Art
Saturday, March 22 at 3:30pm with Paz Tanjuaquio, Topaz Arts and
Hitomi Iwasaki, Associate Curator QMA

Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend this free application seminar.This is an opportunity to tour the museum where rehearsals and performances will take place. The application process, review criteria, and questions will be covered. Learn how proposals can be strengthened and see the available galleries that can be used as a performance space. Click here for directions to Queens Museum of Art: www.queensmuseum.org.

DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2008 (postmark deadline)

Application materials may be mailed or hand-delivered to:

Queens Museum of Art , New York City Building,

Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368

Contact: Prerana Reddy, ph: (718) 592-9700 x222, email: preddy@queensmuseum.org

Dance in Queens residency began in Summer 2003 as a collaborative project between TOPAZ ARTS and Queens Museum of Art.  Dance in Queens is funded, in part, by American Express, Independence Community Foundation, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

TOPAZ ARTS, Inc. founded in 2000 by artists Todd Richmond and Paz Tanjuaquio, fosters the creative process, producing new works and provides public programs for contemporary dance, new music and visual arts. TOPAZ ARTS maintains a 2,500 sq. ft. multidisciplinary arts center in Woodside, Queens which includes a dance rehearsal space, audio room, and gallery. Providing affordable space, technical support, residencies and presentation opportunities, TOPAZ ARTS enables artists to realize their projects and the process shared with audiences. For more info, please visit www.topazarts.org.

The Queens Museum of Art was established in 1972 to provide a vital cultural center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park for the borough's unique, international population. The Queens Museum of Art is home to the Panorama of the City of New York, a 9,335 square foot scale model of the five boroughs, and a collection of Tiffany glass from the Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art. The museum presents changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art that reflect the area's cultural diversity. Visit www.queensmuseum.org for more information about upcoming exhibitions and events.